Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-23
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
The new Methodist church at Spo-
kane Falls will cost 1900.

TERRITORIAL NEWS.
The new Methodist church at Spo-
kane Falls will cost 1900.
The Ahtanum mineral soda spring g
i'll Yakima county, are about 90 miles
south of North Yakima, and are a
popular resort.
Spokane Falls is to have iron works.
The machinery is all on the way, and
they will be in running operation in
about six weeks.
The land belonging to the Northern
Pacific Railroad company lying in
Yakima county was assessed for tax
alton at $95O,OOO.
Mrs. Strand of Sehome is perhaps
the first lady on Puget So und to avail
herself of the recent ruling which per-
mits married ladies to take timber land.
Mr.. Gilbert, with his party of coast
and geodetic surveyors is now making
a government survey of Bellingham
Bay, showing coast line and hight of
shore.
Tie total salmon pack to date for
British Columbia is 10000 cases
against an estimate of 25OOOO. 1t is
thought that the pack may be consider
ablyincreased, perhaps to 200, 900 cases.
Paul Schulze, the land agent of the
Northern Pacific, now owns twenty
acres outside the city limits of Tacoma,
and eighteen lots inside. From this,
it would seem that Portland will lose
him rs a citizen.
The Whatcom County Horticultural
Society will hold a fair at the city of
WhatcOm October 7th and Sth. Ad-
mittance will be free and certificates of
honor, diplomas and ribbons will be
awarded for exhibits.
Last week a Puyallup farmer using
giant powder in fishing, had both arms
blown Off and other portions of his
body badly wounded by the explosion
of two cartridges which he held to long
after lighting the short fuses.
Mrs. J. H. Stahl, of Walla Walla,
will put in $4,000 steam ammonia
pump and apparatus to cool her beer
cellars. The Journal says the appar-
atus altogether will weigh 20 tons and
be the fifth largest of its kind in the
world.
Up to the lst of September $4,000
600 feet of lumber has been received at
San Diego, Cal, from Puget Sound
ports, and it is estimated that these fig
ures will be increased to 135, 5,OO0, 900
feet in the year 1887, nine times as
much rs was received there in 1885.
A freight train on the Northern Pa
cific ran into passenger train Satur-
ut Olequa, % miles this side of Kalama,
smashing up General Adna Anderson's
private car, and bruising the General
considerably. The train was delayed
an hour on account of the accident.
Prospects for opening up the Cas-
cades Toll Route from Whatcom to the
Okanagan river, are better than at any
time in the past. At the annual meet
ing Of the stock holders, held at La
conner, last week, most encouraging
reports were submitted, and the di-
rectors were authorized to push work
as early as practicable.
About two weeks ago Elwood Hart of
Purdy found on his ranch, in the hollow
OF the stump at cedar tree, the skele-
ton of q man. With it were dirk
knife and gun-barrel, together with
the rotted woed of the stalk of the gun.
The latter fact indicates that the mans
remains had laid there many years.
The bones were properly buried.
Clarke County Register: The light
catch of salmon on the Columbia has
caused rush to Gray's harbor. Over
100 fishermen have arrived there with
about seventy boats with gear. One
new cannery has been built, making
four which will run at full capacity.
The prices for this season are sixty
cents for first run or steelheads and
forty cents for silversides. Salmon are
just beginning to come in. The large
number of sardines in that harbor are
attracting some attention.
Between Toledo and Winlock is
Cowlitz prairie, two by five miles long.
In the center of this prairie Simon
Plomodon took up the first donation
claim under the laws Of Oregon terri
tory when Washington was included.
Simon Plomodon came to Wash
ougal, on The Columbia river, in 1903,
or eighty-four years ago. He was af-
terward in the employ of the Hudson
Bay Fur Company, and at the time of
his death he was 80 years, 9 months
and 6 days old.-IVashington Farmer.
The receipts for sale of the local
passenger tickets, at the North Yak
ina Office of the Northern Pacific dur
ing the month of August, 1886, were
$593.S5. For the same month this
year, 81 ,214,25, or more than doubled.
There was also small increase in the
sale OF coupon tickets.
Spokane Falls has bear which is
very fond of beer. Says the Review:
There is a young cinnamon bear in
town that knows q thing or two.